Greek tragedy in Vergil's Aeneid
Subtitle: ritual, empire, and intertext
By: Vassiliki Panoussi.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780521895224
Subjects: Virgil; Epic poetry, Latin -- Greek influences; Epic poetry, Latin -- History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ritual violence and the failure of sacrifice; title: Suicide, devotio and ritual closure; title: The fragility of reconciliation : ritual restoration and the divine; title: Maenad brides and the destruction of the city; title: Mourning glory : ritual lament and Roman civic identity; title: Heroic identity : Vergil's Ajax; title: Contesting ideologies.